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  • Job posting

    / The Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Doshisha University in Kyoto is hiring part-time lecturers for the following courses (beginning Spring 2023). Please refer to the JREC-IN ads…

  • 2022 Annual Meeting Call for submissions

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Annual Meeting 2022Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan: Embodying Techniques, Skills and Environments Dec. 3rd (Sat) & Dec. 4th (Sun) 2022 VENUE: Kyoto University, Yoshida South…

  • 2022 AJJ CFP

    Call for Submissions Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Annual Meeting 2022 Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan: Embodying Techniques, Skills and Environments Dec. 3rd (Sat) & Dec. 4th (Sun) 2022 VENUE…

  • 2021 Annual Meeting Program

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan “Crisis Anthropology” Annual Meeting Timetable 3–5 December 2021 Hosted by Akita International University Location: ZOOM Organizing Committee: Kaeko Chiba and Hisako Omori (Akita International University) Ben Grafström (Akita University)…

  • Call for Papers: Online Annual Meeting 4-5 December 2021

    Dear Friends This is a Call for Papers for the annual meeting of the AJJ which will hosted by Akita International University Japan. The Annual Meeting of the AJJ has…

  • AJJ 2020 Keynote is now on YouTube

    We are grateful to Temple University, Japan Campus for posting the Keynote Speech of our Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2020 Annual Meeting (December 5-6th. 2020). The speaker is…

  • ASIAN ETHNOLOGY PODCAST

    INTERVIEW WITH SUSANNE KLIEN: URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN The last post on our previous website was about this book launch event held on 22 February. Thanks to Ben Dorman,…

  • 2020 AJJ Program & Abstracts

      ★2020 Annual Meeting★ [online] Hosted by Temple University, Japan Campus Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan Campus December 5th (Sat) & 6th (Sun), 2020 Program Saturday December…

  • ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (2019) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

    ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (AJJ) FALL 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, YOKOHAMA CAMPUS Saturday, November 30, 2019 11:00am – 1:00pm Panel A: Maladies and Healing Chair: Andrea De…

  • 2018 Spring AJJ CFP

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2018 Spring Meeting Inside and Outside Communities in Japan: Re-assessing Changing Places and Shifting Boundaries April 28-29, 2018 Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Tokyo The…